Archery at the Island Games

Archery is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. There have been men's, women's and team events at almost every games since 1987. Modern competitive archery is governed by the World Archery Federation, abbreviated WA (formerly FITA - Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc).

Recurve Individual

Men - 4 competitors per Island
Women - 2 competitors per Island

Recurve Team - 1 team with up to 6 competitors per Island

Compound Individual

Men - 4 competitors per Island
Women - 2 competitors per Island

Compound Team - 1 team with up to 6 competitors per Island

Minimum age 13 on day of opening ceremony.[1]

Events

As of 2017 (archery was not contested at the 2019 Island Games).

Event		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII	XIV	XVI	XVII
Current events
Recurve
	Single FITA recurve				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Recurve knockout									X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Recurve 720										X	X		X	X	X
Compound
	Single FITA compound					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Compound knockout									X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Compound 720										X	X		X	X	X
Past events
Double FITA		X	X	X

Overall medal table

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	7	IOW	15	Faroe Islands Shetland
Recurve Knockout	4	Faroe Islands	10	Faroe Islands
Recurve 720	3	Faroe Islands	7	Faroe Islands
Single FITA Compound	16	Faroe Islands	32	Faroe Islands
Compound Knockout	8	Faroe Islands	15	Faroe Islands
Compound 720	5	Faroe Islands	8	Faroe Islands
Double FITA	3	Guernsey Malta	5	Åland Guernsey

Single FITA recurve

Firing 144 arrows in total, being 3 dozen at each of 30m, 50m, 70m and 90m targets for men and 30m, 50m, 60m and 70m for women.

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	7 6	IOW Faroe Islands	15	Faroe Islands Shetland

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1993	V	IOW	Men Women Team	Jersey NGR IOW NGR IOW NGR	Åland Ynys Môn IOM	IOM Saaremaa Jersey
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Men Women Team	Jersey NGR IOW IOW	Åland Shetland Jersey	Shetland Shetland Shetland
1997	VII	Jersey	Men Women Team	Åland IOW IOW	Faroe Islands Guernsey Shetland	Shetland Ynys Môn Faroe Islands
1999	VIII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Shetland Guernsey Shetland	Åland Guernsey IOW	Jersey Gotland Guernsey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Men Women Team	Shetland Guernsey Shetland	Faroe Islands Shetland IOW	Åland Jersey Faroe Islands
2003	X	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn IOM NGR Jersey	Åland IOM Shetland	Shetland IOW IOW
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn Jersey Faroe Islands	Orkney Islands IOW Orkney Islands	Shetland IOM Shetland
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men Women Team	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Rhodes Rhodes Rhodes	Faroe Islands Guernsey [2] Ynys Môn
2009	XIII	Åland	Men Women Team	Menorca Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Jersey Rhodes Rhodes	Faroe Islands Guernsey Åland
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men Women Team	Orkney Islands Åland NGR Faroe Islands	IOW Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men Women Team	Menorca NGR [3] Guernsey [3] IOW	Rhodes [3] IOM [3] Guernsey	Faroe Islands [3] Åland [3] Åland
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Guernsey Guernsey	Guernsey Guernsey Åland	Faroe Islands Åland Faroe Islands

Recurve knockout

Firing 12, 18 or 36 arrows.

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	4 2	Faroe Islands IOM IOW Rhodes Shetland Ynys Môn	10 6	Faroe Islands Guernsey IOM Jersey

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	X	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	IOW IOM Shetland NGR	Jersey IOM Jersey	Orkney Islands Jersey Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Ynys Môn Shetland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands IOM Shetland	IOW IOW Orkney Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Rhodes Rhodes Ynys Môn	IOM Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands IOM Orkney Islands
2009	XIII	Åland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	IOM Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Rhodes Rhodes	Menorca Guernsey Åland
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Menorca Åland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Guernsey Jersey	Gotland Gotland Åland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Jersey [4] Guernsey [4] IOW	Falkland Islands Guernsey [4] Jersey	Menorca Åland Guernsey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Menorca Åland Jersey	Faroe Islands Guernsey Menorca	Faroe Islands Guernsey Faroe Islands

Recurve 720

Firing 72 arrows.

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR IOW NGR	Shetland Shetland	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands Rhodes	Ynys Môn Faroe Islands	Rhodes Guernsey [2]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's 720 Women's 720	Orkney Islands NGR Åland NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR Jersey	Rhodes Guernsey	Jersey Åland
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Åland Guernsey	Faroe Islands Åland	Faroe Islands Falkland Islands

Single FITA compound

Firing 144 arrows in total, being 3 dozen at each of 30m, 50m, 70m and 90m targets for men and 30m, 50m, 60m and 70m for women.

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Compound	16 5	Faroe Islands IOM	32 16	Faroe Islands Jersey

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Men Women	IOW Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Jersey Jersey
1997	VII	Jersey	Men Women Team	IOW Faroe Islands NGR Faroe Islands	Guernsey Jersey Jersey	Faroe Islands IOW IOW
1999	VIII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands NGR IOM Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands IOM	Jersey Guernsey
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Guernsey Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Guernsey	Jersey IOM Jersey
2003	X	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Jersey Shetland Jersey	Jersey IOM Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands IOM
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands IOM Faroe Islands	Jersey Jersey Guernsey	Guernsey Faroe Islands Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Shetland Shetland	Guernsey [2] IOW Guernsey [2]
2009	XIII	Åland	Men Women Team	Shetland NGR [5] IOM NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands IOM	Orkney Islands Shetland [5] Shetland [5]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men Women Team	Faroe Islands NGR IOM NGR Faroe Islands NGR	Faroe Islands Jersey Shetland	Gotland IOM Jersey
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men Women Team	IOW IOM NGR [3] Faroe Islands	Orkney Islands Jersey [3] IOW	Faroe Islands Guernsey [3] Guernsey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men Women Team	Gotland Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Guernsey Gotland

Compound knockout

Firing 12, 18 or 36 arrows.

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Single FITA Recurve	8 3	Faroe Islands Jersey	15 9	Faroe Islands Guernsey IOM

Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	X	Guernsey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Guernsey Shetland Faroe Islands	Jersey IOM Guernsey	Faroe Islands IOW Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Jersey IOM NGR Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands IOM Shetland	Faroe Islands Jersey Jersey
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Guernsey Shetland Shetland	Guernsey IOM Guernsey
2009	XIII	Åland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands NGR IOM Orkney Islands NGR[5]	Menorca IOM Faroe Islands	Menorca Guernsey Shetland [5]
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Gotland Jersey Guernsey	Guernsey IOM Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands IOW
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Jersey [4] Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey [4] Jersey	IOW IOM IOM
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's Head to Head Women's Head to Head Team Head to Head	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Gotland Guernsey Guernsey	Faroe Islands Jersey IOM

Compound 720

Firing 72 arrows.

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR IOM NGR	Jersey IOM	Shetland Faroe Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Guernsey [2] Shetland	Guernsey [2] IOW
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands IOM	Faroe Islands Jersey	Faroe Islands IOM
2015	XVI	Jersey	Men's 720 Women's 720	Faroe Islands NGR 605 Jersey NGR	IOW Guernsey	IOW Jersey
2017	XVII	Gotland	Men's 720 Women's 720	Gotland Guernsey	Gotland Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands Guernsey

Double FITA

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women Team	Malta Malta Malta	Åland Ynys Môn Guernsey	Malta IOW IOW
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Men Women Team	Guernsey Guernsey Guernsey	Åland Ynys Môn IOM	IOW Shetland IOW
1991	IV	Åland	Men Women Team	Åland NGR Saaremaa Åland	Åland Ynys Môn Jersey	Faroe Islands Shetland Guernsey

Notes

NGR in tables indicates New Games Record

References

"International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Island Games.
"All the medal success at the Rhodes 2007 Island Games for the Bailiwick Islands". BBC.
"Medals start to stack up". archerygb.org.
"Island Games 2015: Archers and cyclists win medals". BBC.
"Fourth medal in games as archers secure bronze in event won by Orkney". The Shetland Times.

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[1] "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Island Games.

[IG2007-2] "All the medal success at the Rhodes 2007 Island Games for the Bailiwick Islands". BBC.

[AGB1-3] "Medals start to stack up". archerygb.org.

[IG2015-4] "Island Games 2015: Archers and cyclists win medals". BBC.

[S2009-5] "Fourth medal in games as archers secure bronze in event won by Orkney". The Shetland Times.

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